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# Museum Küppersmühle
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2021/11/21/museum-kuppersmuhle/
- Published: 2021-11-21T17:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-18T16:25:12.000Z
- Description: A selection of photos of the interior of the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst in Duisburg
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Architecture

The MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst is located in a historic grain mill on the Duisburg harbour front that was originally converted into a museum by Herzog & de Meuron in 1999\. Herzog & de Meuron have now created an extension to the museum, which adds about 2,500 square metres of exhibition space. The Museum Küppersmühle is best known for its staircase. The extension has added another staircase that rivals the original. Herzog and de Meuron's [initial design](https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index/projects/complete-works/301-325/301-mkm-museum-kueppersmuehle-extension.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) for the extension, which envisioned an illuminated cube balanced on the silo towers, was truly spectacular, but too expensive. The Museum Küppersmühle has some great works by Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter in its collection.

![Museum Küppersmühle](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-1.jpg)

Museum Küppersmühle staircase in the extension

![Museum Küppersmühle](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-2.jpg)

Looking up

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-3.jpg)

Looking up

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-4.jpg)

Looking down

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-5.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-6.jpg)

Looking up inside the space marked by the silo towers

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-7-1.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-8-1.jpg)

The collection of the Museum Küppersmühle consists primarily of post-war German art

![Museum Küppersmühle](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-9.jpg)

The original staircase

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2021/12/museum-kuppersmuhle-10.jpg)

The columns on the ground level of the silo towers, which mark the transition from old to new. From here you can look up (see above)